![]() The attackers were disruptive but were unable to deny attendees the opportunity to spotlight contributions made to Black writers’ art.īefore the event was over, university administration was notified of what took place, and the newly formed Campus Inclusion Response Team (CIRT) began responding. Once the attack was stopped, AKA continued with their reading, highlighting Black poets and sharing poems they had written that evening. ![]() “I was very shocked just because what are the grounds when we come with open arms to invite everyone on campus to our events?” Cromartie said.Ĭromartie agreed to speak to The Rocket as a student who was there and not in her official capacity.Īs the attack continued, Cromartie and others worked together remotely to remove the perpetrators from the Zoom meeting and stop the increasingly horrendous attack. The poetry event hosted by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA) had just started when the unknown attackers began shouting racist comments at attendees.ĭ’Ericka Cromartie, the AKA chapter president who was helping host the poetry reading, was taken aback by the incident. ![]() ![]() ![]() A Slippery Rock University student says the community must come together after the racist Zoom bombing on a historically Black sorority’s virtual event so it may never happen again. ![]()
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